Hongchen grew angrier and more aggrieved with every word. In the end, she simply tossed the rope aside. She was done playing servant.
"Ah!"
"You're really mad?"
"Look, I was just joking with you!"
"Why are you taking it seriously?"
Hearing Chen Changan, Hongchen glared at him, thoroughly annoyed.
"Joking?"
"Chen Changan, I've been with you for ages. Do you think I don't know what's going on in your head?"
"You just want me to keep pulling you along. You're so damn lazy."
"If there's a way to avoid moving, you won't lift a finger."
"It wasn't even me who wanted to come to the Gate of Fortune. Why should I have to suffer for it?"
"I'm just a sword, and I already have to help you fight. Now I've got to be your damn carriage driver too?"
"What's next? Am I going to have to look after your kids for you?"
"I'm done. No matter what you say, I'm done."
"Let it all go to hell. I'm tired!"
Hongchen plopped down on the ground and gave up completely.
Seeing her like this, Chen Changan scratched his head helplessly. He'd taken the joke too far.
"Are you really mad?"
"Get lost!"
"Come on, our bond can withstand any test, right? How can we fall apart over a little setback, a little friction?"
"Spare me the useless talk. I do all the dirty, tiring work. If it's my job, I can do it. But if it's not my job, somehow I still have to do it? I'm a sword, not a damn mule."
Uh...
Hongchen's words left Chen Changan stunned. Where had she even picked that up?
"I'm not a mule"? What kind of thing was that to say?
"All right, all right. I know you're aggrieved, I know you've worked